The Night She Disappeared

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes description of death by suicide.

After school, Kayla’s mother calls Gabie and asks her to come to the Cutler home with Drew. Gabie is dubious, but she agrees. Drew refuses to be picked up at his house but agrees to meet Gabie at a nearby street corner. He tells her that his mom was released from jail pending trial but will almost certainly be found guilty because there is CCTV footage of her stealing. Gabie wonders if Drew hates her for being well-off.

At the Cutlers’ home, Gabie and Drew meet Kayla’s parents and older brother, Kyle. Kyle asks accusatorily why they waited to go to the police about Cody Renfrew. The family believes that Cody took Kayla but knows that the police can’t arrest him without evidence. The DNA lab will take days to return results from the search of Cody’s house, so they have hired a psychic, Elizabeth Lamb, to help. Lamb is a well-known TV psychic. Gabie recalls how she once made a semi-correct prediction about the whereabouts of a missing girl.

Elizabeth Lamb asks Gabie and Drew to imagine Kayla sitting in the room with them. She begins to speak from the